February 07, 2015, 12:53PM

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the tough-talking economic populist from Vermont, and possible 2016 White House candidate, opened a second front in the class wars during a stop at the Harrisburg Hilton on Saturday. Full story »

May 12, 2014, 10:55AM

Jeb Bush, 61, has acknowledged that he is thinking about running, indicating he will make a decision later this year. He has repeatedly said he will decide based on whether he believes he can run an optimistic, hopeful campaign — run “joyfully,” as he has put it — as well as whether a campaign would be the right thing for his family. Full story »

February 09, 2014, 10:00AM

The conventional wisdom is that this fall's congressional election will be all about Obamacare. Republicans, it's argued, will try to expand their majority in the House and take the Senate with a campaign focused mostly on the failings of President Obama's health insurance law; Democrats will fire back with warnings that the GOP would simply repeal the law and leave consumers on their own. Full story »

November 17, 2013, 9:00AM

October 28, 2013, 10:30AM

Perhaps Rick Santorum is demonstrating persistence beyond the call of plausibility, but he says compelling political logic and high duty converge. Although he has not made a decision about 2016, he candidly says he is doing "everything consistent with running" -- traveling to speak to sympathetic groups and donors. His hand is on his sword's hilt. Full story »

September 29, 2013, 11:00AM

So, will Hillary Rodham Clinton run for president? In an interview with New York Magazine published this week, the former secretary of state acknowledged that she's wrestling with the idea but still needs time "to weigh what the factors are" before "making a decision one way or the other." Full story »

September 15, 2013, 5:15AM

The modern political process is a sophisticated, data-driven dating game. The voter tells the pollster the ideological height, weight, eye and hair requirements they’re looking for, then a campaign team crafts and delivers a politician who fits the order. When a candidate is delivered and follows the script, everyone wins. Full story »

September 09, 2013, 9:40AM

Some are so eager to be inaugurated in 2017 that the 2016 campaign has begun 28 months before the 1.4 percent of Americans who live in Iowa and New Hampshire express themselves. It is, therefore, not too soon to get a head start on being dismayed. Full story »

August 13, 2013, 5:15AM

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court's hyper-conservative faction has neutered the Voting Rights Act, Republican officials around the country have re-energized their campaign to block citizens of color from voting. Full story »

July 22, 2013, 8:41AM

As you might have expected, Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing and wild speculation about the 2016 presidential race (the linqua franca of Washington politics) dominated this week's Sunday shows. Full story »

May 28, 2013, 11:15AM

I did vote in the election last fall. Some may say that I threw away my vote, but if more people become educated to the alternatives and throw their votes away too, we may bring about some much needed change to the system. Full story »

May 25, 2013, 8:00AM

May 20, 2013, 10:00AM

One tactic was to misrepresent the Benghazi attack lest it undermine his narrative about taming terrorism. Does anyone think the administration’s purpose in manufacturing 12 iterations of the talking points was to make them more accurate? Full story »